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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
ny FTRST KISS.

The tender smile Of parting day
Was waning IN the west
SOFT shadows climbed the eastern way
Where mornings feet had prest.
We fingered on, nv love and I.
Amid the fragrant dew,
And though our hears we're beItlng lign
Our words we're low and few.
The little stars laughed down N scorn-
Where had my courage Hedi
At last. with strength Of passion born,
The fatefiIl words we're SAID.
She could not speak-she could not see
Go thick the rear-drOps shOne,
But dropping eyeiids told 20 me
What lips we're shy 70 own.
I've t0iled and won an hOn0re,l name,
And now I'm growing 0ld
I've touched the shining hem OF Fame
And found its touch WIS cold
BUT still from out the shadovy past
One memory brings ME bliss
For I shall keep while lie snail LAST
Our first, betrDthal KISS.
-Samuei IT, Peck.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22

vT-,-- - r. that tIirae bottles of B. 3. B. are
,I4 i,, AeIar,f4 =, one OF allv other blood REM
edv- and twice Is much consumed IN the ctADe
Of Georria as any other preparation NO one
need take our word. but simply ask the drug
gists Ask the people. They are competenb
vit,esses. SIX houses IN Atlanta are buying
r B B IN five and ten rross lOts, and some OF
them brIv IS tan is every Two months. Why
these urlDrecetiented sales here at home with
70 little advertising2 Modesty ior1ids Us ma
king 4 reply Had 3. 3. B. been before the
nubIic 4 Quarter CT half century, it would
not be necessary 10 be b0lstered Up WITH crlItcl-
a of Dage ADVERTISEMENTS now. Merit Viii
conquer and down money
sLOO WORTH $4,000.
For four years have been sufferer from
terrible form of Rheumatism, which reduced
me so low thar al hope Of recovery vas gwen
I'D. have suffered the most excrlciating pain
day lnd night, md often VINE WrltnIng ID az
ouv have wished I could de l have tried
everything known for that disease, but Moth
iur lid me anY good, and nave had some or
The finest physicians Of the state % work on
ME but MI 10 no effect I have spent over
SsOO without inding relief I am now proud
10 sav that after using only one bottle OF B. B.
B. I an enabled 70 walk around and attend 20
business, and would not rakc 5000 Tor the
benefit received from one single bottle Of B. B.
B. I refer 70 al merchants and business men
Of this town Yours, most trulyr
Wlverlv. Walker county, Texas.
HE SWALLOWED 10.
have been troubled with serious blood
disease for SIX years, and have expended over
S25O.OO for worthless remedies which dld me
10 good. The Use of - bottles or 8 3. 8. has
about cured NEEDING more good than al
other remedies combined. L Is ! quick anu
cheap blood pJtster. -
TaIladeea la. April 20, 1856.
DEMONSTRATED MERIT.
sPARTA, GA., May Is, 1856
BIo9d Brfin Co..
You viii please ship rs per drst freight one
gross B. B. B.
L gives rs pleasure % report 4 good l'aue lor
this Dreparanon Indeed r has ar echpsed all
other blood remedies, both II demonstrated
merit md rapid sale with rs.
RozIEa & VAaDENAS.
All who desire full information about the
cause and cure Of Blood P0isOns sGrofilla and
Scr0fillous Sweiliugs, Ulcers, Sores, Rheuma-
rism. Kidney Complaints, Caiarri, etc, can Sc
cure bv mail. free 4 COPY Of our 32-page Illus
rrared Book OF Wonders. filled with the most
wonderful and startling proof ever before
known. Address,
BLOOD BALM CO.
Atlanta Ga.
For sale by C.. Frank Jones' Chariestown,
West Virginia
Nay 5 I8s1-Iyr.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22

Probably there are not many people out
aide the Court circles VINO know that tins r.
the invariable form Of addressing the Queen.
r must not be Your Majesty" 1r Mad
an. or even 4Ma'am,' but The straIghtfor-
wari, uneguiT0ca. "Mum-" What the Ssi-
rin Of this usage vas, or WIZ L should be
insisted apon, 10 one seems 70 know, 5Gt Il
Is j custom u immutAhie as rIe avs Of the
Nedes md Perians. Another unWrirtln
-uIe, quite Is invariable, IS 1ha1 the Prince
Of Wales shall be called sir Ee IS, IN
truth, the only nan % whom al English
gentleman uses tie word IN conversation.
There Il 10 other one Americanism 20 well
known N England, Or 50 P0pulariy believed
here % be characteristics, as cur indiscrizni-
nate employment Of the w0rI 4Sir."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22

The highest prize by 4 very long way
ever offered for L literary performance
VIII be awarded in 1925 To the successful
author Of simple biography Fifty
wears ago, according 70 a weekly contem-
porary, General Arantseheietf, the friend
and confidential advisor Of the Emperor
Alexander I, deposited IN the imperial
bank Of Russia the sum Of 5000 rubies,
which Is to be allowed % accumulate At
interest until December L, 1925, when
the entire amount, principal and interest
* u be handed over To the author Of the
best work On the life and reign Of Alex
ander L The Il. Petersburg Academy
Of Sciences VIII decide CT The merit Of
the different performances sent II, and
award the price, which whisky that tune
amount to the enormous sum OF 1875
900 rubles-abour e300,O00
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22

4 Chester =. c. farmer lately returned
from the Northwest declares that more net
profit can be had on Carolina land worth
80 n acre than on go acres IN Illinois
and adjacent states. The same economy
and industry that Western farmers show
might, # emulased, bring even greater suc-
cess b Dixie tlaa rewards these hr of az
ricuI-urists.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22

"You saY y0H want . marry ny daHgh-
ter have y0u spoken 70 her"
Yes, sir" replied the young man, and
have gained hcr consent
"Well, if she has said yes, that settles it,
Anything I might say or 10 woulin's have
the SLIGHTEST influence"
Then the young man goes home and
wonders if he isn't zoo young % marry such
4 riri
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
me sptemelor. or q Hearse.

Last year an undertaken in Kalamazoo
only it wasn't Kalamazoo-placed IN
order with a Rochester house 6lr hand
some hearse. It happened that another
Kalamazoo man had business in Roches-
ter after the heaIze was finished and be-
fore il was delivered, and curiosity led
him to the factory.
Il came To see if could ret a look at
Mr.. Blank hearse,' be said
The manager expressed a willingness
to accommodate him, aHd personally led
the way through the great showr0oms.
The first hearse they came b the visitor
asked
as that Blank8%
"No, sir, was the answer.
@ Is his As good as that|
Much finer"
This sort Of thing went On with every
vehicle Of the kind that was passed, until
finally IN the fiIrtherest corner they found
Blanks hearse.
@ l. that il {" asked the man.
"Yes, sir.
He took a long, critical look at 1t,
then, turning 70 his guide, said soiemnly
'You mark my word, there'I be SUI
eides in Kalamazoo"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
LIB4pION.

OFT ut his board rs Eastern host felt bound
To pour one full libation IN the ground
" This TO refresh. he said, IN cordial trust,
81 Some poor vine w0rshipper who sleeps IN
dust
Thus the rich wine Of generous speech should
flow
Yea. even above the ashes Of your foe
All, who can tell, some fragrant drops may
greet
His 5hirsting heart To make its rest more sweet.
-Ptuk HsuHlG.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
September -. 1857
RElLfRK4BLE EFFECTS OFA WHITE
sCLPHCR JULEP.
Ho,c ye,o Yorker sank ia sl,rm6er.

H. !. W. D. one Of the gem mem
bers Of the New York Times staff, thus
writes from the White Sulphur Springs
under date Of August IS;
All Is bare. In the pale light the yell
low bureau shivers and wishes it was back
in the factory. There Is no bell, and #
there we're it would require a telegraph
line for it to reach the hotel. You search
bureau. washstand and bed for some speck
Of print that might be conversational and
companionabIe if 1t were only the adver-
dsement Of a liver specific with all the
catalogue Of horrors it claims to cure.
There Is nothing. STAY human hand
has written on the wall.
You take the caudIe and eagerly read
it. II covers half a sheet Of note paper
Whv Robinson Crusoe made 50 much
fuss over that footprint you now under
stand. It Is
yOTCEtri
I come not for Health nor Pleasure
But Money. I buy the best French q
Mason's Backing Cream and Sweet OIL
for Patent leather shoes [ viii give YOU
first Class shine Every time brush YOU
OFF when Called on I VIII bring you a
whisky Straight lemon punch and host
of good things when so ordered If I am
not on the front call At your rear for
ARlIsTEAD.
July 10Th, 1887.
You 70 to the board door at the rear,
draw the bolt and open it. All Is dark
and drizzIing. The woods are black IN
front Of YOU. There Is not i sign Of hui
manity anywhere. Nevertheless you say
at d venture
"Armstead.'
"Sah ~
is directly in front Of YOU. It has
Two white eyeballs and a large number
Of white teeth. Further than this, It's
humanity in the darkness Is entirely pre-
sumptive, and perhaps doubtful, since II
1t clearly rose from out Of the ground.
"Armstead," say You, this Is a ProhI-
bition State Is IL not2 ~
Yes, sah."
But among these wonderful springs
here there might be 4 water calculated, II
taken cautiously through 4 straw, TO cheer
the dropping spirits Of iaded traveller.
L there one such, Armstead ?"
4Yes. sah.7 More teeth crowd into
view On either side As if trying TO get
look at y0u cur Of their window
Which water would you recommend,
Armstead ~
@Mout try de min iuIick spring, sab "
Does the mint grow pIentifuIly al
around the edge, AEmstead '''
Plenty, sah.'
And has plenty Of cracked and frozen
dew bv this time fallen IN from the roof,
Armstead ~
Yes, sab
Then ret large cupful."
Etisa long quarter Of an hour Then
through the bIackness Of the night the
Abvssinian shadow fetches the crystal
beaker. Fresh and odoraus grow the
+ green mint leaves IN their Iustruus bed
Of frozen amber Spicy and rich and
souI-enslaving are the velvet waters, cool
and calm. Through the long straw they
rise 70 spread athwart the Palatial tract
Ike the high tides Of summer seas II l0-
tbs land. The scene slowly changes.
Now the straw carpet Hoors 4 summer
palace IN far Ca5hay. Vow the pine fur
nirure turns INTO rare cabinet work Of
buhI and ormulE and marqIctry FROM
Oriental workshops Now the sole cal
IL ba.or,ea n r7nfher a oyr-audulOther.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
Surveying and Conveyancing

WILL sur7er 1nExaers, psnmptiy Eld a.
4 snort aGsica-accu-acv guaranteed >psclal
Ifsention paid n connection Herewith % y "a 81
ING DEEDS Or alv ltaerilstruments Of riting
P. .O.-CharlestoW1, Jefferson Co., ". a
0s. IsTT HOWELL BR0EN-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22

Joseph Watson, Of Huntington, Pa, has
4 hickory rDckinz-chair that has been N
use I1s years. "Old Hickory always Eas
good for cheerz-three Of EN-.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22

the ChiIdren- They are a.
SoCN peciaIIY liable q sudden
CoIds. Coughs. Group, Whooping Cough,
&c. We guarantees Aczers English
Remedy 4 positive cure. L saves
hours az anxious watching. Sold by
GEO. 7. LIGHT.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
DIR. Kings spectGciss-

r HAVE the agency for these -pectlcies, and
rr1aranhae - III any eye OF return the money
- GEO. T. LIGHT.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22

DEr r. sCE EFFER. formerly Of Feeder
Il -l l- having permanently -1Cacac ID
-l.i- sz-1v1 offers l-s professional services 1o
Che public.
A5rerte. IS .lri st his predecessor
lake pleasure 8 -ec1mnenCllr nv successor.
Dr. = -r-.pffsr vlo axes nT office. 20 -le
1rlcuca -f DENTISTRY AMI whose S-ovn sI-- ID
bis profession enables ue -l commend ann
,rutlar l l- MP 1ller-s. solicit .lr am
1e snue -.r. .i-ercs llt generous support lc-
.c-lat- -l -.a cv Che --EeIs lt --.Lr-esrlvl
E. WILLIAMS.
IC.--. -r ----
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22

RoNscs sha.ara f-stfuI, Psevishl,
Windy CoIic, Teething Pains. or
Stomach Disorders. can be relieved
az once By using AekErs Bzby Soother-
Z contains Id Opium or Morphine,
Asnce IL zais. P-;ce ~ cents. Sold By
GEO. T. LIGHT.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22

INDIAN Cline mends everything. Ouly5 cts.
i j bottle. For sale by q. d. EBI.
- rONEBRAKER'S Extracts, Tor sale by
= c. D. EBY.
0CCCMBERS IN brine ready for pickles. for
I saie by G. D. EBT.
DCRE Cider Vinegar and 4 Full Line OF
l. spices Tor sale by @. D. EBY.
lust rhin1 Of it. one yard Good Tobacco for
81 -venr--fve cents 1t T.. D. E3Y7S.
~ RAVELT, Lucy Hinton, Hold Fast. Cher
u ry and other grades OF Tobacco. Full
line for sale by @. d. EBI.
I1RESH lot Of Imported olive Oil. Just re-
L ceived at C. D. EBTS.
MASONS Backing and Frank Afiller's shoe
VI Dressing gt @. D. EBI :.
FINEST Line and cheapest Toilet S0aps IN
L Town ar u. D. EBY'S
TEATHER Renovater. nearly new. VIII be
Il sold cheap BY addressing - D. EBT.
October = 1856. Char.esr0wu, ". Va.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
TIE I.5arsc1 g. Mutual
Fire Insurance Company.
EST TABLlSEED 1873.
B. a. ALLZAND E3. SscrarlrT-
CFcs. Gibson Building, -oUrr-HoUse yard,
-lIr-eslowl-

OFFEES -1 rle people OF Jefferson County.
" Insurance .l D safe Company lt -le actual
cost -r insurance vl-cl is ll-icl cheaper Than
.,e rates usually charged lud Keeps -lie money
ara ----s.
.raeul -1r--l---ae meets every t-caT-
1rs-rrrrs-N. s. White Hmrv b. Daven-
,rr- y Garland Hurst. john W. Rider. w Il.
b Lewis. g. Preston CHEVY Nn- l. i-son,
E1.-ere 8.lisr r. N. W lzLilE-ln. j illes -0gie,
charles p Wilson. john IL. Ll---e, 4acon $.
Melvin = E W. 1srr- ISAAC T. -tr-aer-
COL. b p -EET ...-.-...--.... President.
u B lA 1NEl --I.--.-..-.... ..-..... '',s,l'',r
E-E.r-r~E -o,DIr-E-N s. White. VIM.
u r. Lewis Eugene Baker. -slac Il -tr'oer.
g. p Chevy s. W. Washington.
-.r.- -,,rs.--N .,i,i-ewav-I. p Shirley
Ei-rers Esr-v-lhls. q. r-u- shepherds
own = Fleming lu-ie- s-'-. Barn -l'iiI;
-ha-.esr1rv WY lslln--ln b Alexander.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
Il sANKY Ermns-I. ,. 3. and !.

MOODY u sANKY Hymns, ;, 3, and 4.
C'CEOOL SCPPLIES.-I have Just received
- a stock OF School Supples-Lead Pencils.
Slate Pencils Pens and Pen Eoiders, Compo-
siti0n Books.
DICTURE Frslnes-pertecI1T lFa45 CORES
i p0ndence Cards Daisies Playing la-1is
rom - cts. 20 Sets. Mourning Raper and En-
velopes.
VACUUM OIL. for Harness CarDolic ACID.
~ cts. Der bottle insect Powders. % cts
b-rhe very best Hog Powders, % cts. D.
Soid by GEO L LI'1t1L-
Der r6 l,ts4 Druggist.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
CNMA AoeNN slssfs eas5is.a. Is 'af of

thousands suffering from Asthma, Con-
sumption. Coughs. etc. Did you ever -
AciIsr's English Renedy2 Z IS the bezF
preparation known for al Lung Troubles,
scld On q positive guarantees as i0c-, 50c-
GEO. T. LIGHT
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
WATSON HOUSE,
tI-' 8sflv1 y u

JAMES WATSON. Proprietor
NTEAL- l. I- hours cd sul. L-lre-ers. iran
u Her- EDl-1- ln A.ascn.lnle Terms.
rlc.ls -rl l1l --rrl l.- Trains t-se 1l -l1l-e.
E r.e Bar -lpD.le y'-l -n1ica vines
-.l.- .'.-l-s. -c-
4r~ i
7 ER- --u-E ior -acss. vlppes ana
- .0aEs for sale
GEO W r EEAaSLE
d -8E -l-- 1ars IN stock Pure Gum
i leo. l-.t .-arecl-s i,r men, lll cheap
.s- l-.- moss sl. Ierrr-- article for che consul
mar Eu W r. NEAESLEl-
Nv ~rHtN -f -l-as lossamer -loaAs
y lrt -r- ard heavy EIr Shoes Just -e-
.rr.l Gto.H. r NEAl>LEt-
II .HE.Hl-t fLANN .-e. vll-a and g--lF
II 1s .alrv cloth i.r l-e 1v
eco T r NEAl>LEN
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
GEO. 7 LIGHT
GEORGE TRAVIS

fashionable Barber,
Nam st.. .n r00m over Drug Store Of AisqUith
" Co.,
Chariest0wu, " Va.
HA1R Cutting Ind Shaving executed IN
III First--lass Stvie. Prices reduced for sin
gle lair eutung ID cts. hair ciIrtng and shave
lr same lme . CTS Tickets good for =
shaves Cor sI10 Every effort made TO please
customers. and satisfaction guaranteed
April l4 S3-3m
.;AR=- -0 be made Cut -his ont and
~ . ! return 20 rs. and We VII send
YOU free, something OF great
value and importance % You that VIII start
YOU IN business winch VII bring YOU n more
money right away than anything else u this
world Any one Eli DO che work anu 1--we lt
home Either sex all ayes. something new
-hac iusr coins money for al workers. We
VII start You capital not needed. This IS one
OF -he genuine Important chances Of 4 he
time Those who ara lmAilOns Ind enter
prsinr vii not delay Grand OUTFIT tree- Ad-
irass TRUE q CO., Augusta, Maine.
Dec p Iss6-I IT.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
Barber shOp.
For sale.

OBILLLARD Tables lnd one Pool Tlhie-ll
, Collins maze-f1r iale low. one Of them
nearly lew. Apply 20 -
2 B. SOCDEBS.
T1fv 3 tss4 Jefferson Building.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
For Rent.

GOOD Brick Tenant House for rent, with
\ nine -u0ms above gr1unt and II other
reniencus--u0G cellar lnd oasemen5 G1cn-
I'D. Terms sIis 4 vear with bond anu security
Dec. So Apply 70 + 3. S0CDERS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
] J:zy::y Z Z Hzg::g:
CARPENTERS lIl EIIsE BUILDERS.

TIE undersigned have entered INTO CO.
l. Partnership for the purpose Of executing
all work IN their Inc. We Ire not without e1-
perience. and hope to give entire satstactlon
% al VINO NAV entrrlst their work % rs anu
promise prompt execution and cels0nsnie
charges mo. O. Johnson.
TEOS. 3. HENSON.
Irne 3 lssR
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
ChnrfaffesriIIe Cassinaeres.

FRESH invoice of these ceiebrated goods
4 inst received. To those VINO have worn
-lerl Do recommendation 3 1ecessrrv-
Crr. : 1885 GEO. W T. hEA ARSLEL-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-09-22
AUGUST SCHuLrE, = l. EEDa -EuA- Sr-'
Painter. chllIn-
New carr!ag Fac:ary,
CbGrlest0,r1, Jefferson County, v. gG-
REPAIR WORK A SPECIALITY,

We have secured the services Of Mr, ThOs.
RYAN 50 ilv0rlbiy known for years IN cunnec-
ti0n with MAJ. Hawks Factory, % execute the
woodwork on our manufactures.
Hoping % receive i tar share OF your patron-
age. We pledge ourselves 70 give you value re-
CgITed.
SCHULTZ * PEDNlEUX-
E3-Shops on Blo0mery Turnpike, Squares
from Main st.
Nav Il LS85-tf
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
The Internal Revenue Taxes.

The free-trade journals are opposed
to the abolition of the internal revenue
taxes simply because they want to re-
duce protective tariff duties. They are
not honest enough to confess that their
opposition is wholly based upon this
ground, but argue that the removal of
the taxes on liquor and tobacco would
be an encouragement to the two great
vices of the time. There is, however,
little reason for their argument that the
abolition of these taxes would cheaper
intoxicants and narcotics to any alarm
ing extent. There are no facts in eX-
istence to show that the consumption
of whiskey and tobacco have been
much lessened by the operation of the
internal revenue tax. The clap-trap of
the free-trade journals on this ques-
ton is well exposed by the Boston
Traveller in the following pungent para
graph:
The earnestness of the revenue reformers
in opposing the abolition of the national
whiskey tax is we'll known. With an JUNCTION
of morality which has a flavor Of cant
they denounce " free whiskey." This zeal.
GUS antagonism to untaxed whiskey would
be consistent if revenue reformers were
generally in favor Of temperance legislation
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28

A PoULTNEY correspondent writes
Rev. o. j. Squires, who has recently
returned East after eight years. resi-
dence in Iowa, at the request of friends,
irrespective of party affiliations, re-
Gently gave temperance lecture in the
Methodist church here. The speaker
characterized the present as pre-emi-
nently the age of moral issues. The
questions settled in the early years of
the republican party had ushered in
this new era which witnessed Great
Britain, Continental Europe and the
far-away isles, as well as our own
country, struggling with moral and
social problems that would not have
been proposed but for what had been
wrought out by our national struggle
of twenty-five years ago. Foremost
among these burning questions he
said, was that of temperance reform.
The interest in this contest was certain
to intensity. The opposition of the
rum-power was only fastening the de-
cisive hour. Eight years of continuous
travel through Iowa in the employ of
the Bible Society enabled him to speak
from positive knowledge of the decided
success of the prohibition law in that
state. The republican party was to be
credited with the temperance legisla-
ton that was blessing Iowa. The
hearty approval of the large audience
indicated that the orator was not far
from his hearers line of thinking on
this question. Vermont, while it has
no third party to speak of, is practically
solid for prohibition. 1t always con-
stitutes prominent plank in the re-
publican party platform. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Squires has refused to
enter the present campaign in New
York in the interest of the so-called
third party"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
Not a KnOw.NOthing Movement.

The sentiment in favor of the re-
striction and rigid supervision of immi-
grafton continues to grow and finds
recognition in the platforms of both po-
litical parties in states where conven-
tons have thus far been held. The
movement is not a political one, but is
the outgrowth of a sentiment that this
country should no longer furnish an
asylum for the outcasts of society from
abroad and the scum of the worlds
civilization. The present popular de-
mand is widely different from the
know-nothing movement of thirty years
ago, which aimed at the total exclusion
of foreigners, instead of a judicious re-
strction and regulation of immigration.
1t is not proposed now to keep out such
foreigners as will be likely to make self
supporting and industrious citizens,
but to exclude the criminal and pauper
classes. AS yet the plans proposed to
effect these results are somewhat vague
and indefinite, but one which finds
considerable favor suggests that each
immigrant should bring certificate of
good character, capacity for self-sup-
port, etc., from the United States con-
sui stationed nearest his home or port
of departure. A head-tax of So on
each immigrant has also been sug-
gested, but this is objected to as i'm
posing an onerous burden upon indus
trious and deserving immigrants COM
ing to our shores with large families.
The main purpose should be to prevent
the influx of anarchists, criminals and
paupers, and we are unable to see how
any one can construe this purpose as a
revival of the know-nothing movement.
The present movement against what is
aptly called " offensive foreignism " is
demanded by the best class of American
citizens, both native-born and foreign
born, and without distinction of polit.
ical or religious faith. The know
nothing movement was supported by a
secret society and its chief animus was
fear OF Catholicism. We have seer
no proposal from any important source
to bar immigration altogether, but tC
protect ourselves and those who come
after us we need legislation which will
exclude those foreigners who are in
cluded among the dependent classes il
their old home. 1t is found that unre
stricted immigration has given thi